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Site Visit Community Center Task Force Cost to build The building cost $2.5 million to build in 2000, and an additional $250,000 to outfit with computers, weight room, furniture etc. Of that total, $975,000 came from the town. The town defeated two debt exclusions before they passed it on the third try. In 1988 Rick ran the Youth Services Department. He had a vision for a youth center, and spent seven years raising money. The current town financial contribution to the operating budget is to cover the cost of full time staff, heat and electricity for the building. This comes to $275,000 right now. Employees During the summer there are 113 paid employees. From September to May, there are 32 high school aged employees working between 6 and 26 hours per week. They give kids in North Andover jobs! Interior Tour — First Floor Building tour: Reception area checks in members (you must be a member to just hang out). Events are open to members and non - members alike, with members paying a higher fee. Every room has surveillance cameras on 24 hours / day. Members check in with their bar code fob, so the Center know when every kid arrives, though not when he /she leaves. The reception area is the only one where they can have food. There is a kitchen, and they hold cooking classes, and a small sales operation that the high school kids run called "Grandstand ". This is very popular with everyone, and it functions as a paying job for the HS kids. There are also two vending machines. Pepsi has a contract and so there are sugary sodas for sale. The other machine sells things like chips. It's not ideal, but through that relationship Pepsi has paid for backstops and other gym equipment. On this same floor there is a game room that should be bigger, and is being renovated right now. Continuing on this floor we pass the restrooms, right across from the beautiful gym. They decided not to put lockers and showers in these bathrooms because kids don't like to shower in front of each other at this age, but the bathroom stalls are big enough for them to change into their gym clothes. The weight /fitness room is always supervised. There are 4 -5 HS kids whose job is this supervision. It is open to kids 14 and over, so 8th grade and up.